by - February 18, 2014 7:54 am
Editor’s note: This guest commentary is written by Thomas Jason Knight, CFP®, Vice-president for strategic growth with Legacy Capital Group, which has offices in Little Rock, northwest Arkansas and Denver,…
by - February 17, 2014 6:55 pm
On the eve before the House votes on refunding the Private Option, it seems at least one key conservative group has signaled that it will give members a pass on…
by - February 17, 2014 8:30 am
Two recent polls of likely Arkansas voters suggest that the political labeling of Arkansas’ private option plan has much to do with the plan’s support among voters. Which is to…
by - February 17, 2014 8:30 am
Republican strategist Clint Reed with Impact Management Group and Democratic strategist Michael Cook, who blogs for Talk Business, discussed and debated the politics of the private option, moves in the…
by - February 17, 2014 8:07 am
Two representatives in one Arkansas county offer a microcosm of the GOP rift that has split Republicans over the fate of the private option.
by - February 15, 2014 10:17 am
For our weekend business and political readers: THE 25 MOST PROMISING COMPANIES OF 2014 Forbes has compiled a list of the 25 most promising companies of 2014. It’s a combination…
by - February 13, 2014 8:07 am
The Regional Intermodal Transportation Authority (RITA) voted Wednesday (Feb. 12) to contract with Washington, D.C.-based The Normandy Group to host a meeting during the summer in hopes of bringing together…
by - February 13, 2014 8:03 am
Congressman Tim Griffin’s entry into the Lt. Governor’s race must be described as an earth shaking political event, both in the Republican primary and the general election. Griffin’s potential candidacy…
by - February 13, 2014 6:06 am
Four months after declaring he would not seek a third term in Congress, Rep. Tim Griffin (R) said he will run for Arkansas Lt. Governor, joining a crowded, but dwindling, field of Republican candidates.
by - February 13, 2014 4:01 am
Arkansas Republicans are in a bit of a tizzy over the potential Congressional candidacy of Heber Springs Mayor Jackie McPherson. McPherson is strongly considering running against incumbent Rick Crawford in…
by - February 12, 2014 9:00 am
Fourth Congressional District GOP candidate Bruce Westerman has launched a cable TV buy in the key Republican primary counties of Garland, Union and Columbia. Garland, Union and Columbia counties accounted…
by - February 12, 2014 7:28 am
The political strategy is relatively basic for statewide Democratic candidates Mike Ross for Governor and Mark Pryor for Senate. They need Democratic voters to turn out to the polls, particularly…
by - February 12, 2014 5:10 am
Cong. Mike Ross started his political career as a driver for Bill Clinton during the former President’s comeback run in 1982. Eighteen years after that race, many credit a campaign…
by - February 11, 2014 11:24 am
Editor’s note: This guest commentary was written by Butch Calhoun, Arkansas’ Agriculture Secretary. A former state legislator and county judge, A former state legislator and county judge, Calhoun farmed for…
by - February 11, 2014 9:39 am
The Republican Governors Association (RGA) released its first TV ad in the Arkansas governor’s race. Yesterday, Talk Business blogger Michael Cook reported that the RGA would be launching attack ads…
by - February 11, 2014 8:07 am
The Arkansas General Assembly opened its 2014 fiscal session on Monday (Feb. 10) with state lawmakers hunting votes to fund the private option, alter a special election schedule, and possibly…
by - February 10, 2014 9:49 am
Roby Brock, owner and editor-in-chief of Talk Business Arkansas, has ended his publishing arrangement with Vowell, Inc. and is moving the popular magazine back in house where it has previously…
by - February 10, 2014 9:17 am
Arkansas and national Republicans are getting desperate when it comes to our gubernatorial race. It seems their likely nominee, Asa Hutchinson, is in a free-fall and in desperate need of…
by - February 9, 2014 8:44 pm
Arkansas colleges and universities have been offering online classes for years, but as many as 73 out-of-state post secondary schools with aggressive advertising campaigns have been eating into local market…
by - February 9, 2014 9:40 am
The 2014 legislative fiscal session will be remembered for two words – Private Option – and three potential votes.
